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Chris Carter

Vernon Christopher Carter

Positions: First Baseman and Leftfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 245 lb.

Born: December 18, 1986 in Redwood City, CA
High Schools: Sierra Vista HS (Las Vegas, NV), Sierra Vista HS (Sierra Vista, NV)
Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 15th round of the 2005 amateur draft.
Signed June 9, 2005. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 9, 2010 (Age 23)
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Astros 2010-2013
2013 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$494k (13) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 0.159, Arb Eligible: 2015, Free Agent: 2019 [*], Agents: Dave Stewart [*]
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Standard Batting

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
2010 23 OAK AL 24 78 70 8 13 1 0 3 7 1 0 7 21 .186 .256 .329 .585 59 23 3 0 0 1 0 7/D
2011 24 OAK AL 15 46 44 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 20 .136 .174 .136 .310 -12 6 1 0 0 0 0 3/D
2012 25 OAK AL 67 260 218 38 52 12 0 16 39 0 0 39 83 .239 .350 .514 .864 137 112 4 0 0 3 1 3/D
2013 26 HOU AL 44 172 151 23 35 2 1 9 23 0 0 19 66 .232 .320 .437 .757 105 66 2 1 0 1 0 7D3/9
4 Yrs 150 556 483 71 106 15 1 28 69 1 0 67 190 .219 .313 .429 .742 103 207 10 1 0 5 1
162 Game Avg. 162 600 522 77 114 16 1 30 75 1 0 72 205 .219 .313 .429 .742 103 224 11 1 0 5 1
OAK (3 yrs) 106 384 332 48 71 13 0 19 46 1 0 48 124 .214 .310 .425 .735 102 141 8 0 0 4 1
HOU (1 yr) 44 172 151 23 35 2 1 9 23 0 0 19 66 .232 .320 .437 .757 105 66 2 1 0 1 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
2010 23 OAK AL 24 78 -4 -0 -0 -4 -1 -10 -1.0 3 -7 -0.7 .456 .494 -0.3 -0.5 -3 7/D
2011 24 OAK AL 15 46 -7 -0 -0 0 -1 -8 -0.9 2 -6 -0.7 .441 .495 -0.7 -0.1 -6 3/D
2012 25 OAK AL 67 260 11 -0 -1 -5 -4 1 0.2 10 11 1.1 .502 .501 1.7 -1.0 16 3/D
2013 26 HOU AL 44 172 1 -1 -0 -2 -3 -6 -0.5 6 0 0.1 .487 .496 0.2 -0.4 3 $494,000 7D3/9
4 Seasons 150 556 1 -1 -2 -11 -9 -22 -2.3 21 -2 -0.3 .484 .496 0.9 -2.0 9 $494,000
OAK (3 yrs) 106 384 0 -0 -1 -9 -6 -17 -1.7 14 -2 -0.3 .483 .496 0.6 -1.6 7
HOU (1 yr) 44 172 1 -1 -0 -2 -3 -6 -0.5 6 0 0.1 .487 .496 0.2 -0.4 3 $494,000

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
2010 23 OAK AL 78 61 6 2.6 99 .213 .186 .259 .256 .327 .329 .406 .585 .733 59 .258 -4.2 -0.4 .517 .257 .143 1.5
2011 24 OAK AL 46 39 1 0.7 97 .250 .136 .256 .174 .321 .136 .405 .310 .726 -12 .030 -6.9 -0.7 .205 .045 .000
2012 25 OAK AL 260 173 41 6.4 96 .295 .239 .252 .350 .317 .514 .406 .864 .723 137 .645 12.1 1.2 .888 .454 .275 .0
2013 26 HOU AL 172 119 22 5.0 100 .338 .232 .255 .320 .322 .437 .414 .757 .736 105 .520 0.6 0.1 .729 .331 .205 .0
4 Yrs 556 392 70 4.8 98 .289 .219 .255 .313 .320 .429 .409 .742 .729 103 .514 1.6 0.1 .713 .350 .209 1.9
162 Game Avg. 600 423 76 4.8 98 .289 .219 .255 .313 .320 .429 .409 .742 .729 103 .514 2 0 .713 .350 .209 2
OAK (3 yrs) 384 273 48 4.7 97 .269 .214 .254 .310 .319 .425 .406 .735 .725 102 .510 1.1 0.1 .706 .358 .211 1.9
HOU (1 yr) 172 119 22 5.0 100 .338 .232 .255 .320 .322 .437 .414 .757 .736 105 .520 0.6 0.1 .729 .331 .205 .0

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
2010 23 OAK AL 78 3.9% 26.9% 9.0% 5.1% 31% 3.00 3.3 23.3 10.0 0.47 0.58 60% 16% 10.3% 15%
2011 24 OAK AL 46 0.0% 43.5% 4.4% 0.0% 0% 10.00 2.2 0.26 0.36 52% 29% 0.0% 16%
2012 25 OAK AL 260 6.2% 31.9% 15.0% 10.8% 54% 2.13 2.6 13.6 5.6 0.53 0.76 47% 17% 21.6% 18%
2013 26 HOU AL 172 5.2% 38.4% 11.1% 7.0% 34% 3.47 2.3 16.8 6.6 0.48 0.72 45% 23% 19.1% 19%
4 Yrs 556 5.0% 34.2% 12.1% 7.9% 42% 2.84 2.5 17.3 7.0 0.48 0.66 49% 20% 16.9% 17%
MLB Averages 2.6% 19.0% 8.2% 7.6% 33% 2.32 4.7 35.0 8.3 0.82 1.10 69% 19% 7.6% 13%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
2010 23 OAK AL -4.2 -0.4 80 -0.7 1.0 -1.7 1.06 -0.5 -0.2 -4.0 -0.4 0.95 -4.6 1
2011 24 OAK AL -6.9 -0.7 46 -0.7 0.3 -1.0 1.00 -0.7 0.1 -6.5 -0.7 0.86 -7.8 1.60 1
2012 25 OAK AL 12.1 1.2 265 1.2 5.0 -3.9 .99 1.1 0.1 15.0 1.5 0.97 15.6 2.16 4
2013 26 HOU AL 0.6 0.1 177 -0.5 2.5 -3.0 .93 0.0 -0.6 1.3 0.1 0.95 1.2 1.79 2
4 Yrs 1.6 0.1 568 -0.7 8.9 -9.6 .98 -0.1 -0.6 5.8 0.5 0.95 4.4 1.73 8

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB OOB1 OOB2 OOB3 OOBHm BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
2010 23 OAK AL 0 0 29% 18 1 0 100% 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 25% 3 3 0 2 0 2 3 2 0
2011 24 OAK AL 0 0 25% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2012 25 OAK AL 2 0 29% 93 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 32% 12 10 2 4 3 1 9 4 5
2013 26 HOU AL 0 0 30% 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 2 1 2 5 21% 5 4 1 5 5 0 4 1 2
4 Yrs 2 0 30% 164 1 0 100% 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 2 1 3 12 27% 22 19 3 11 8 3 16 7 7

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % DPopp DPs DP% Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
2010 23 OAK AL 78 32% 13 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 1 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 17 3 18% 5 3 60% 43 4 9% 2 2 100% 2 2 100% 0
2011 24 OAK AL 46 46% 6 0 0 1 0 0 0 1.60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 1 10% 4 0 0% 21 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
2012 25 OAK AL 260 42% 52 3 0 4 1 1 2 2.16 16 0 4 11 5 5 11 0 0 0 46 4 9% 21 7 33% 158 23 15% 15 6 40% 4 2 50% 0
2013 26 HOU AL 172 30% 35 0 0 2 0 0 1 1.79 9 0 5 6 3 4 5 0 0 0 30 2 7% 15 3 20% 102 15 15% 13 6 46% 8 3 38% 0
4 Yrs 556 37% 106 3 0 8 1 1 3 1.73 28 0 10 20 8 10 18 0 0 0 103 10 10% 45 13 29% 324 42 13% 31 14 45% 15 7 47% 0
MLB Averages 55% 69% 11% 32% 14% 51% 55%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
2010 23 OAK AL 80 320 4.00 192 60% 21% 26% 27% 26% 79% 0% 47% 67% 34% 5% 4 0 15% 12 4 10% 8 6 24% -2 0 0
2011 24 OAK AL 46 204 4.43 138 68% 25% 33% 25% 17% 75% 0% 51% 56% 39% 2% 1 0 7% 3 2 11% 5 5 30% 0 0 0
2012 25 OAK AL 260 1106 4.25 653 59% 28% 25% 26% 21% 72% 0% 43% 65% 28% 7% 18 2 15% 38 15 11% 29 15 31% 0 0 0
2013 26 HOU AL 173 735 4.25 456 62% 30% 27% 24% 19% 70% 0% 43% 61% 21% 4% 7 1 14% 24 9 8% 14 8 35% -1 0 0
4 Yrs 559 2365 4.23 1439 61% 27% 27% 25% 21% 73% 0% 44% 63% 28% 5% 30 3 14% 77 30 10% 56 34 32% -3 0 0
MLB Averages 3.82 63% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 79% 26% 5% 14% 9% 24%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2010 23 24 78 70 8 13 1 0 3 7 1 0 7 21 .186 .256 .329 .585 59 23 3 0 0 1 0
2011 24 39 124 114 10 19 1 0 3 7 1 0 9 41 .167 .226 .254 .480 32 29 4 0 0 1 0
2012 25 106 384 332 48 71 13 0 19 46 1 0 48 124 .214 .310 .425 .735 102 141 8 0 0 4 1
2013 26 150 556 483 71 106 15 1 28 69 1 0 67 190 .219 .313 .429 .742 103 207 10 1 0 5 1

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
2010 23 24 78 70 8 13 1 0 3 7 1 7 21 .186 .256 .329 .585 6 24
2011 24 15 46 44 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 2 20 .136 .174 .136 .310 1 15
2012 25 67 265 221 41 55 13 0 17 42 0 41 83 .249 .362 .538 .901 43 67
2013 26 44 174 152 24 36 2 1 9 24 0 20 66 .237 .328 .441 .768 22 44
4 Yrs 150 563 487 75 110 16 1 29 73 1 70 190 .226 .321 .441 .763 72 150
162 Game Avg. 162 608 526 81 119 17 1 31 79 1 76 205 .226 .321 .441 .763 78 150

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1916 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Games Played s c a p y
2013 AL  44 (5th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
2013 AL  66 (1st)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 1 (2417), Average HOFer ≈ 144
JAWS First Base (929th), -0.8 career WAR/-0.8 7yr-peak WAR/-0.8 JAWS
Average HOF 1B (out of 19) = 68.2 career WAR/43.2 7yr-peak WAR/55.7 JAWS

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